Improvement in wash-boilers



1. B. UAMYRE.

I Wash-Boiler. No. 160,158. I Patented Feb. 23, 1375;

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UNITE STATES PATENT Grrroa JEAN B. OAMYRE, OF MONTREAL, CANADA.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASH-BOILERS.

Specification form ng part of Letters Patent No. 160,158, dated February 23, 1875; application filed August 29, 1874.

1' 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEAN B. CAMYRE, of Montreal, in the Province of Quebec and Dominion of Canada, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Wash-Boilers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawing is a representation of a cross-sectional view of my wash-boiler. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same.

This invention has relation to wash-boilers wherein an inner perforated boiler, surrounded by a circulating-space, is used; and the novelty of my invention consists in a notch which is made into the fastening-rim of a cover or lid, whereby I am enabled to extend the supply-' pipe quite up to the upper edge of the inner boiler, thus keeping its upper extremity at all times above the clothes, ready at all times for the introduction of a fresh supply of water, and avoiding the accidental tearing thereof by the upper edges of the feed-pipe, all as will be hereinafter more fully explained.

In the annexed drawings, A designates the outer case of my improved wash-boiler, which is provided, in the usual well-known manner, with handles a, and also with a stop-cock, B. O designates the inner boiler, of smaller size than the exterior one, in order that a circulating-space may be had for water between the two, which is suspended within the outer case by means of a downwardly-curved lip, 0, extending around the upper edge of the said inner boiler, and closely fitting over the correspondin g edge ofthe outer boiler, which it also closely embraces. By this means I have provided adequate support for the said boiler, and at the same time prevented the escape of water from the circulating-space between the two consequent upon its violent ebullition. The bottom of the inner boiler is of a concave form, its concavity being upward, and it is provided with a suitable number of perforations, 1). Its sides and ends are also constructed with apertures p, for a purpose hereinafter to be explained. At any point within the inner boiler 0, but preferably at one of its ends, a cylindrical tube, T, is rigidly secured, extending from the upper edge thereof through the bottom of the said case, through which water may be poured to replace that which is drawn 011 through the stop-cock B when dirty.

It is evident that neither for drawing off water from the space between the inner and outer boilers nor for replacing the water thus withdrawn is it necessary to remove the apparatus from thefire, northe inner from the outer casean advantage all housekeepers and laundrymen will appreciate, as by this means the necessity of exposing the hands to hot currents of steam is done away with and a great saving of time obtained.

I use my improved boiler in the following manner: The cleansing compound, which may consist of soap and water, soda and water, or of any cleansing material, is first placed in the outer cage A. The inner boiler G is then put in its place within the outer boiler, and is then filled with soiled clothing, which it is preferable should not be too closely packed. It will then be placed upon the fire, when boiling will quickly ensue, causing thelinen to be thoroughly permeated from every side by hot water or steam, effectually dissolving and removing all impurities. When it is discovered that the water has become too soiled for further use it is drawn off, through the stop-cock B, into a Vessel, and is immediately replaced by a fresh supply poured through the feedpipe T, the clot-hes being thus subjected to the action of one or more charges of water Without being removed from the vessels.

L designates a lid of the usual construction, into the flange of which an inward notch, l, is made for the purpose of allowing the feed-pipe T to be extended up to the upper edge of the inner boiler without interference with the placing therein of the said lid.

I am well aware that a supply-pipe connectin g a water-reservoir with the water-space of a wash-boiler is not new 5 hence I do not make a broad claim to this device. I am also aware that a wash-boiler has heretofore been constructed consisting of an outer vessel which receives an inner one, having perforations near its upper edge, through which hot water and steam pass, thus producing a circulation of the same through the clothes contained in the instructed,'arranged, and operated in the manner vessel, and I therefore lay no claim to such ner herein set forth.

invention. In testimony that I claim the above I have What I claim as new, and desire tosecure hereunto subscribed my name in the presence by Letters Patent, isof two Witnesses.

The outer vessel A, having a stop-cock, B, JEAN BAPTISTE OAMYBE' and lid L, the flange m of which is provided with an inward bend, l, in combination With Witnesses:

the inner perforated vessel 0, provided with L. A. DESSAULLES, the flan ge 0 and supply-pipe T, the Whole con EUSEBE GEHILLER. 

